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29 December 2012

There are some chocolates which you associate just with Christmas. For me this includes Toblerone, Terry’s chocolate Orange and Neapolitans. I’m not sure what it is about Neapolitans that I like so much, perhaps it’s their miniature nature? You can kind of feel like a giant eating a whole bar in just one bite… err, that’s just me isn’t it? Anyway I was pleased to receive some of these chocolate over Christmas.
There are three varieties within the box, milk, dark and milk with hazelnuts.

Milk chocolate – (blue wrapper) – This was a surprisingly soft milk chocolate, that was very sweet but easy eating. The chocolate was also rather silky in texture which gave it a nice hint of luxury.
Dark chocolate – (red wrapper) – This chocolate was a lot firmer than the milk and would have a decent snap (if you ever wanted to break a small Neapolitan). The flavour was quite strong and very rich. It was less sweet than I was expecting, but brought about a flavoursome treat.
Milk chocolate with hazelnuts – (orange wrapper) – The was made with the same soft milk chocolate as the pure bar, but actually managed to pack in a fair amount of nuts, albeit in tiny pieces. It had a lovely hazelnut flavour and a nice bit of texture too.

All three chocolates are lovely, I just would have like a little more variety in the flavours. Perhaps a coffee, or an an orange one or a caramel and a white chocolate for example? I’m not sure what other makes are doing Neapolitans this year, but I might have a nosey on Saturday – before they all disappear again for another year. It’s a shame Terry’s don’t make them any more as I always used to get theirs, and I don’t seem to have settled on a substitute yet.